Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out.
- BSB You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
- NKJV “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
- NASB “Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.
- NLT Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be cursed.
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Quick answer
Israel will be cursed coming in and going out, in all the activities of daily life.
Overview
This reverses the comprehensive blessing of verse 6. Every comings and goings, once blessed, now falls under curse. It underscores how thoroughly disobedience unravels the well-ordered life God intended.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Deut 28:6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
- 2 Chr 15:5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
- Judg 5:6–7In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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